Genesis 18:20

And Jehovah saith, 'The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah — because great; and their sin — because exceeding grievous:

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

In Context

19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

21I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely — and if not — I know;'

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Cross References

Genesis 4:10And He saith, 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

Genesis 13:13and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

Isaiah 3:9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Woe to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

Jeremiah 14:7Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

James 5:4lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you — doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:17-23

Abraham's Interview with God. ( b. c. 1898.) 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord , to do justice and judgment; that the… Read the whole commentary →

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